|
Background
The tracts
in question, and adjoining others, were included within the
1994 Comprehensive Plan Warrenton Service District, as well
as the Fauquier County Water and Sanitation Authority’s
Water and Wastewater Master Plan of March 1997 – which
is part of the County’s Comprehensive Plan by reference in
Chapter 9 – Public Facilities and Utilities. However, in
2003, the Town of Warrenton informed the County that it
could no longer provide municipal water and sewer service to
new developments in the Service District. Accordingly, the
Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors adopted a
Service District Boundary in 2003 around those developments
already served by the Town with municipal water and sewer
service, and excluded undeveloped tracts not already served
by the WSA.
Since the
Plan’s adoption, the County has overseen the proposed
extension of a public water line from New Baltimore south
toward the Village of Frytown, through the area in question
– specifically the Clyde property. (This extension of
public water was appropriate since the Chapter 9 reference
to the WSA Water and Wastewater Master Plan of 1997
had already included these tracts within an approved
‘franchise area.’) The Warrenton Service District Plan,
through a Citizen Planning Committee Review, was recently
revised and Board of Supervisors adopted it in 2005. The
applicants’ property again was not included within its
boundary.
Status
of the Pending Comprehensive Plan Amendment:
On July 14,
2005, the Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on
Premier/Clyde: CPAM05-CT-006. The application seeks
approval of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to include
additional land in the Warrenton Service District. Action
was postponed upon the applicant’s attorney’s request, to
allow time for the additional properties (PINs #
6994-37-9429-000 and 6994-37-8642-000) to proceed through
the Planning Commission public hearing process.
On May 26,
2005, the Planning Commission recommended denial of the
Premier/Clyde Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPAM05-CT-006)
request. That item had a Board of Supervisors public
hearing on July 14, 2005. It was postponed at that time to
allow for this proposal to sync up with it so the two could
be considered simultaneously.
Considerations
These
properties, which are all zoned R-1, connect with the
Warrenton community via the proposed Academy Hill extension,
the proposed Comfort Inn extended and a Frytown Road
re-routed to minimize the floodplain crossing. From a
community perspective, these road connections are extremely
valuable because they do much to reduce traffic congestion
in the Fishback and Breezewood neighborhoods in Warrenton
and divert traffic from the Route 29 Eastern Bypass.
Conclusion
A new
public water line extended through the Clyde parcel alters
the fundamental utility situation that caused the County to
exclude these R-1 zoned tracts two years ago. Given the
pivotal Warrenton Service District infrastructure associated
with these parcels, it would be reasonable to include them
in the Service District. The advantage of this boundary is
that road improvements to both Atlee Road and Frytown Road
could become a public-private venture.
Recommendation
The Board
of Supervisors is requested to make a determination on the
appropriateness of the proposed Comprehensive Plan
Conformance Determination, and if water service to this
property is in compliance with the County’s Comprehensive
Plan. However, staff recommends that the Board postpone
action on this item until the applicant provides staff with
the agreement for the upgrades to Atlee and Frytown Roads,
as suggested in the October 17, 2005 letter from its
representative as well as in conjunction with the contingent
motion forwarded by the Planning Commission.
|
